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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 21 October 1901, Page 2

The Councy Council will ru set for transaction of business at the Council Chambers on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

The usual meeting of the Greymouth Fire Brigade will be held this evening at which the Borough Council proposals will be considered. As Sir Maurice O’Rorkos medical adviser refuses to allow him ti leave Auckland next week he will not be in his place again this session. The average per West Coast dredge for last week so far is 28 ounces 15 dwts. The last three weeks the average has been much better than in Otago. At the last Volunteer parade in Greymouth Trooper Dumford waa presented with a South African War medal, for services rendtred against the Boers. Be sure you obtain the Xmas number Auckland News and Christchurch Press, with beautiful colored supplements, 1/each, from Ward. Brunnerton.— Advt. Mr T. Hubert Lee, of R efton is to be congratulated at the most successful sale he hold on Saturday afternoon in the estate of the late F. M’Guigan, the prices realised being most satisfactory. The lower end of Greymouth on Saturday last resembled a Celestial town the Chinese being in great force. A special Chinese service was held in Trinity Church at five o’clock yesterday. The attention of sawmillers and others is directed to an advertisement inserted by the proprietors of the Te Kinga Estate, on the Midland Railway, inserting offers for cutting timber on royalty. The resurrection proceeding* in connection with Chinese bodies from the Greymouth cemetery has been completed, and the remains are now stored in a shed awaiting a ship to convey them to China. Mr D. Sheedy has been appointed a Trustee of the Greymouth Race Course. As Mr Sheedy is the oldest member of the Greymouth Jockey Club, the appointment is a graceful compliment for past services.

Owing to the death of Mr. Sheedy’s brother, and the non-receipt of the appointment of Mr. M’Keclime, the special meeting of the Greymouth Harbor Board convened for to-morrow stands adjourned for a week. According to to-day’s weather report, Queenstown with 63 degree s was the warmest place in the Colony; Eusstll with 36 the coldest. The temperature of Greymouth was 55 ; Hokitika 52; Bealey 31 and Westport 61. Charles Humphrey’s (junr.) who left Greymouth some thtoe or four years ago for Klondyke, wites to his father in Greythat ho is all right and in capital heal h, but is getting tired of the frozen regions, and longs for a return to New Zealand’s sunny skies. The grand soiree in aid of the trust funds of the Wesleyan church at Taylorville, promise! to eclipse anything ever held in Kayos Hall. A number of tickets have already been sold, and as the admission is only 1/- the hall should be crowded.

Applications are inserted, through our advertising columns for the position of dredgemaster and certified engineer to the Maori Gully Gold Dredging Company (Limited). Applications, with testimonials close with the secretary, T. W. Ponsonby on Wednesday, 30 October.

The Government have done the right thing in appoint ng Mr Skoglund to a seat on the Brunner Advisory Board. It was during his term of office, ns Mayor of Greymouth, that the dire catastrophe occurred, and he worked zealously to build up the magnificent fund that was ultimately .{secured fjr the relief of the sufferers.

By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that H. W. Lloyd, who has secured more up-to-date premises in Mawhera Quay, intends holding a great clearing sale of watches, clocks, jewellery and electroplated ware. No reasonable offer will be refused, so the public may 10. k forward to great bargains. In regard to the telegram sent to Government by the Greymouth Chamber of Commerce re the Australian tariff, the president Mr Mathieson to-day received the following reply Conference will be held next Thursday at half'past two in the afternoon in Parliament Buildings, when expressions of opinion will receive the fullest consideration.— R. J. Seddon” Mr Northcrofc, formerly editor and proprietor of the West Coast Times, is now in town on his way to South Africa. We wish our departing West Coaster every fortune in his future home. As a citizen of Hokitika he was always to the front in all matters calculated to advance the district, and ho wiil carry with him the best wishes of the community.

Wo regret to record a serious loss to Mr Adam B’air this morning in the total, destruction of his dwelling house at Kaiata, which was burned to the ground. Mr Blair and family had but recently removed lo Kohiri, the dwelling which was a large and commodious one was let to Mr Morgan. The building was insured for £l5O, but this will not nearly cover the loss.

The remains of the late Mis Fitzpatrick of Brunner were conveyed to their last resting place, Stillwater cemetery on Saturday afternoon and were followed by a large number of mourners from all parts of the district. Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved relations in their trouble. The West Coast Times says that the claim recently opened by Mr Carlson, washed up SOozs for a fortnight’s work, a result rather gratifying to the owner, and likewise to the public as tangible evidence that the Kumara gold-field is not yet exhausted when such magnificent returns be secured.

No friend of tlie farmers has anything to fear from the Union. The power of their enemies will be diminished in sympathy with their growth in a united brotherhood of mutual interests. Placing the most sordid estimate of the advantages of the Union one is forced to the conclusion is that its effect will be to put more money in the farmers’ pockets than would have been attracted thither were no such organisation in existence —Matatira Ensign.

Sonic of the highest living medical authorities attribute the great growth of physical and mental disease which has characterised the last few decades, to the universality of adulturation. They affirm that the taking into the system continually by human beings as food, substances which are chemically foreign and not only incapable of sustaining healthy life, but constitute a perpetual danger to it, is largely responsible for the new and complex diseases that baffie their curative skill. Therefore be wise in time, eat only K Jam

and avoid these dangers. Absolute purity guaranteed — Adyt.